Thomas a Kempis' The imitation of Christ -- St. Augustine's Confessions -- Julian of Norwich's Showings -- The cloud of unknowing -- The writings of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare -- Dante Alighieri's The divine comedy -- The way of a pilgrim -- St. Therese of Lisieux : The story of a soul -- Caryll Houselander's The reed of God -- Butler's lives of the saints -- Max Picard's The world of silence -- Thomas Merton's New seeds of contemplation.